Ericameria winwardii

(Dorn & Delmatier) R. P. Roberts & Urbatsch

Sida 21: 1562. 2005.

Common names: Winward’s goldenbush
EndemicConservation concern
Basionym: Ericameria discoidea var. winwardii Dorn & Delmatier Madroño 52: 63, fig. 1. 2005
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 20. Treatment on page 77. Mentioned on page 52.

Plants 5–20 cm. Stems stems prostrate or ascending to erect, green when young (± concealed by tomentum), becoming tan to brown, moderately branched, densely floccose-tomentose, eglandular. Leaves ascending; blades elliptic or oblanceolate (flat), 6–15 × 2.5–5 mm, midnerves prominent, apices acute (often curved downward), faces densely silvery white floccose-tomentose, eglandular; fascicles absent. Heads usually borne singly, sometimes (2–3) in racemiform arrays (5–20 mm wide). Peduncles 1–5 mm (tomentose, bracts 0–3, phyllary-like). Involucres obconic, 9–12 × 3–4 mm. Phyllaries 11–15 in 2–3 series, lanceolate or elliptic to oblanceolate, 1.5–5 × 0.8–1.3 mm, subequal, outer herbaceous or herbaceous-tipped, inner mostly chartaceous or herbaceous-tipped, midnerves conspicuous, raised, (margins: outer herbaceous, entire, floccose-tomentose, inner narrowly scarious, minutely lacerate) apices acute to acuminate, outer abaxial faces floccose-tomentose, inner glabrate. Ray florets 0. Disc florets 4–9; corollas ca. 9 mm. Cypselae tan to brown, narrowly oblanceoloid, 5–7 mm (5-ribbed), densely sericeous; pappi tan, 8–9 mm.


Phenology: Flowering late summer–fall.
Habitat: Silty-clay and clay-shale slopes
Elevation: 2000–2200 m

Discussion

Of conservation concern.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
... more about "Ericameria winwardii"
Lowell E. Urbatsch +, Loran C. Anderson +, Roland P. Roberts +  and Kurt M. Neubig +
(Dorn & Delmatier) R. P. Roberts & Urbatsch +
Ericameria discoidea var. winwardii +
Winward’s goldenbush +
Idaho +  and Wyo. +
2000–2200 m +
Silty-clay and clay-shale slopes +
Flowering late summer–fall. +
Endemic +  and Conservation concern +
Haplopappus sect. Asiris +, Haplopappus sect. Ericameria +, Haplopappus sect. Macronema +  and Haplopappus sect. Stenotopsis +
Ericameria winwardii +
Ericameria +
species +